New Dreambox Fleece Filters from Royal Exclusiv

The Fleece Filter Dreamboxes from Royal Exclusiv include two new devices to automatically filter aquarium water in an external form factor. Royal Exclusiv was far from the first company to offer the aquarium hobby an automatic filter roll but their Fleece Filter certainly is a creative take on the concept.

The two new sizes of Fleece Filters are the most ‘affordable’ Dreamboxes from Royal Exclusiv and they can be used standalone externally, or they can be placed inside of a presumably very large sump. These external Fleece Filter feature a combination of PVC and acrylic materials, bonded together with Royal Exclusiv’s iconic red plastic welds.

Besides their finely machined construction and somewhat overbuilt design, one thing that the Royal Exclusiv Dreambox Fleece Filters do differently from all other models of automatic filter rolls on the market is allow users to finely tune how the filter spool behaves.

A sort of ‘delay-timer’ enables user to determine how quickly the motor spools new clean filter material into the water stream, and how much, each time the float switch is actuated. This is quite useful because it can ensure that no dirty filter paper or fleece is left soaking in tank water for maximum nutrient export. We imagine this feature could be quite handy in tanks with especially large bioloads, especially well stocked fish tanks or reef tanks with lots of particulates, food and waste.

Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.